Author's Note: The 365 Project is an experimental multi-fandom project to write and post at least one short every day for the next year, not including my semi-regular bi-weekly updates. For more details, see the relevent section in my profile. This is The 365 Project, 1 November.
In the immortal words of Samuel L. Clemens... "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR."
Disclaimer: "Danny Phantom" and all associated characters and situations are created by Butch Hartman and used for entertainment purposes without permission or intent to profit.
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"After Halloween"
By J.T. Magnus, 'Turbo'
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Jack Fenton was groggy as he walked through the living room of the Fenton family home-slash-headquarters of Fentonworks, not registering the presence of his son and a girl on the floor in front of the couch covered up by a blanket and a younger female version of said son piled up on the couch above the two. He was just too tired after standing guard against ghosts all night to pay attention to anything except finding his way to the kitchen to pour him a cup of processed bean fluid. The liquid was black, strong and steaming and as soon as the first hot drop touched his tongue, Jack's mind began to rapidly process everything that had happened since he had crawled out of bed.
'Slippers, stairs, living room, Danny, Danny's girlfriend, girl-Danny, kitchen, coffee... wait...'
Slowly, Jack set his cup on the kitchen table and walked back into the living room to take another look, mentally tallying what he saw.
'Son... girl under blanket with son... younger girl on couch who looks like son...'
Blinking, Jack took another look before crossing the room and climbing up the stairs, walking down the hall to the master bedroom where his wife was just beginning to stir.
"Maddie," Jack said in a calm tone, "Did we have a third child, a daughter that I've forgotten about up to this point?"
Maddie looked at him and frowned, "No, Jack, we just have two children; Jasmine and Danny... what makes you ask?"
"In that case," Jack replied, "Danny has a lot of explaining to do... after I regain consciousness."
Then he collapse onto the floor, leaving Maddie standing there shaking her head and deciding to walk downstairs and see what had Jack acting so weird. It was only a couple minutes before her furious shout echoed throughout the house...
"Daniel James Fenton! Just what is going on here?"
